Movie: No Country for Old Men
Last night we had a date and went to see the Coen Brother's "No Country for Old Men". I haven't seen a movie by them since "Fargo" (I think) and you never know what you will get with them. I hadn't read any reviews so I had nooooo idea what it might be about.
I was so terrified that I shook through a good portion of the film. "No Country for Old Men" is violent, dark, terrifying and nihilistic.
It is also directed with extraordinary clarity and precision, the use of light is incredible, the violence is absolutely necessary to darkness of the tale, and the acting is AMAZING.
Tommy Lee Jones was incredible. I love him anyway - but truely a fine performance. I have always known he was a good actor - but here you see a master of his craft. A master.
Josh Brolin was awesome. I don't know his work very well, but he was fully mature and fleshed out and ... I really connected with him, without the use of many lines or usual tricks of the trade.
Kelly MacDonald was marvelous, gently sweet. Her character has... an inncoence that might be mistaken for stupidity at first. But it isn't. She has more clarity of spirit than any of them.
Woody Harrelson - I will never forget that scene in the hotel. Watching him move through states of emotion so smoothly and with such .... grace, I suppose is the only word. Woody gets so much press for his personal beliefs, that I forget what a good actor he is. It was great to see him here too, a bonafide star in his own right, doing excellent supporting work. His character is not main to the story, and yet the story would be lessened without his presence on that screen.
And Javier Bardem will haunt my nightmares for years to come.
I would say "everyone go see this", except if you really can't handle violence, really - DON'T. It's harsh. I was really glad we saw it on 42nd Street where the arms of the chairs lift up, and I could do a full body cuddle with midnightstation in the theatre. He held me and I trembled.
After the opening scene, every time I saw Javier Bardem's character, my heart would start to POUND in my chest with fear and terror.
This is NOT a horror movie. It's...something else. They called it a "thriller". I suppose it is.
I think it trancends a lot of genres though.
Also, the way the light was.... It made me want to go camping in Texas.
N.
I was so terrified that I shook through a good portion of the film. "No Country for Old Men" is violent, dark, terrifying and nihilistic.
It is also directed with extraordinary clarity and precision, the use of light is incredible, the violence is absolutely necessary to darkness of the tale, and the acting is AMAZING.
Tommy Lee Jones was incredible. I love him anyway - but truely a fine performance. I have always known he was a good actor - but here you see a master of his craft. A master.
Josh Brolin was awesome. I don't know his work very well, but he was fully mature and fleshed out and ... I really connected with him, without the use of many lines or usual tricks of the trade.
Kelly MacDonald was marvelous, gently sweet. Her character has... an inncoence that might be mistaken for stupidity at first. But it isn't. She has more clarity of spirit than any of them.
Woody Harrelson - I will never forget that scene in the hotel. Watching him move through states of emotion so smoothly and with such .... grace, I suppose is the only word. Woody gets so much press for his personal beliefs, that I forget what a good actor he is. It was great to see him here too, a bonafide star in his own right, doing excellent supporting work. His character is not main to the story, and yet the story would be lessened without his presence on that screen.
And Javier Bardem will haunt my nightmares for years to come.
I would say "everyone go see this", except if you really can't handle violence, really - DON'T. It's harsh. I was really glad we saw it on 42nd Street where the arms of the chairs lift up, and I could do a full body cuddle with midnightstation in the theatre. He held me and I trembled.
After the opening scene, every time I saw Javier Bardem's character, my heart would start to POUND in my chest with fear and terror.
This is NOT a horror movie. It's...something else. They called it a "thriller". I suppose it is.
I think it trancends a lot of genres though.
Also, the way the light was.... It made me want to go camping in Texas.
N.